How to operate the French trademark application process? 1. Enterprises and individuals in China who submit registration applications must entrust their local agents in France to submit trademark registration applications to the State Industrial Property Office in France. French trademark registration application adopts Nice Classification, and goods and services are divided into 45 categories. Applicants must specify the contents of goods and services according to the categories. When applying for a trademark in France, one application can specify multiple categories. II. Examination of Trademark Registration The French trademark authorities shall first conduct a formal examination of the trademark registration application submitted, that is, examine whether the application documents are complete, whether the trademark pattern is clear, and whether the category of goods or services is accurate. For a trademark application that has passed the formal examination, the examiner only examines whether the trademark has distinctive features and whether it contains a name or mark that cannot be used as a trademark, and does not search for prior rights conflicts. If there is no prohibition on the trademark, the trademark will be announced. III. Rejection and Re-examination If, after examination, the trademark lacks distinctiveness or belongs to the name or mark listed in the no-note clause, the trademark application will be rejected and the applicant may apply for re-examination. If you are still dissatisfied with the review results, the applicant can appeal to the Paris Court of Appeal. Iv. The trademark whose announcement and objection have passed the examination will be published in the trademark announcement. The announcement period is two months. The owner of a registered trademark or the applicant who applied earlier or enjoyed the priority date, as well as the owner of a well-known trademark, may raise objections to the announced trademark. V. A trademark whose registration and validity period are ruled to be registrable after objection, or a trademark that has been announced without objection, will be allowed to register and a registration certificate will be issued. Trademark registration is valid for ten years, counting from the date of application. The application process of applying for renewal of a French trademark every ten years needs to be understood by oneself. Although the relevant legal persons will carry out a series of operations, if the parties concerned cannot make good use of the relevant legal provisions, their own problems will occur frequently, so they should actively practice the relevant provisions, so as to better safeguard their own interests and protect the trademark.